Friends and families can travel together more cheaply over the holidays with the introduction of a discounted group rate on Reading Buses.

Any combination of four people can travel for a day on a simplyReading ticket for just £5 as opposed to the normal price of £7.

The special summer offer started on Monday and will run until Sunday, September 5.

Nikki Honer, marketing and public relations manager at Reading Buses, said: “We believe this will really help families during the school holidays.

“On the simplyReading group ticket a family of four can go to town shopping in the morning, visit the swimming baths in the afternoon and attend the cinema at night. The ticket is limitless in one day.”